Effects of herbivore grazing on the physiognomy of the coralline alga Spongites yendoi and on associated competitive interactions

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 581-593

  Maneveldt, G W ^a   Keats, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competition; Coralline; Fecundity; Growth; Herbivory; Morphology; Scutellastra cochlear; Spongites yendoi

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD PRODUCTS; MORPHOLOGY;

BURROW; CORALLINE ALGA; FECUNDITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AFRICA]; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; SCUTELLASTRA COCHLEAR; SPONGITES YENDOI;

EID: 58149469066     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2008.30.3.11.645     Document Type: Article

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